Besides this, the state highways department and National Highways Authority of India were told to provide speed-breakers on approach roads at a distance of 15m from the highway boundary as per latest Indian Road Congress norms.

The government has no plans to do away with toll system on national highways and wants to ensure rational collection so that users pay charges for only the distance travelled, like in the case of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, a top official said today.

In a stern warning, Union surface transport and water resources minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said government would not tolerate corruption in the construction of national highways. The minister further said construction work should be carried out extensively while ensuring quality.

It is likely to offer fiscal incentives and facilitate land from municipal authorities for those interested in setting up the infrastructure, which is a key requirement for the proliferation of electric vehicles.

"We have already started monetising our operational NHs and we are leasing them out to international funds for 30 years. They pay us upfront and we give them the right to collect toll. The return is high as traffic in India is growing," said Gadkari.

The FASTag is an RFID tag available both online and offline through banks and common service centres. Two mobile applications, launched by NHAI on August 17 for ease of obtaining FASTags, have received tremendous response.

Dheeraj Hinduja, chairman at India’s second largest truck maker Ashok Leyland, prefers a low profile, but with managing director Vinod Dasari leaving at the end of the month, he says he’s become more “hands-on”.